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Transportation
Peter Gray was transported on the Eliza, departing 2nd Mar 1829 and arriving 20th Jun 1829 with 45 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Peter Gray for administering an illegal oath, and Margaret and Sarah Bohan for perjury. Baron Smith gave a suitable exhortation to each. Peter Gray was Sentenced to transportation for life; Margaret and Sarah Bohan to transportation for seven years; Sligo Journal, 5 Aug 1828.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Peter Gray, alias Grey, age on arrival, 28, per Eliza II (2) 1829, Tried 1828, at Sligo, Life, for Unlawful oaths. White Boy Irish rebel. DOB, 1801, Native place, Sligo Co, Married, 1 child. Catholic, Ploughman. Executed for bushranging & part in Bathurst riots. Died 1830 at Bathurst.